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36 years ago I started my journey to earn the title of US Marine. No doubt the yellow footprints come to mind but today, I remember a time through all the the chaos of Marine bootcamp that I found even more surreal than the days that started at 0530 with reville blasting and two minutes … Continue reading Firewatch

Training Day 1 (T-1) of Marine Corps bootcamp many years ago, we were told. "Look at each other and let's make something clear!" "There is no black, white, yellow, brown, or red!" "There is only green!"Some may be dark green or light green but you are all green and equally worthless!" It was the removal … Continue reading U.S.M.C. (Uncle Sam’s Misguided Children)